Archive for August 20th, 2000

Fresh lingonberry

Sunday, August 20th, 2000

Aila’s sister Anne and her family (husband and two kids) were in town on their way home from Finland.

The kids had been to Moomin Valley and visited all the characters from Tove Jansson’s books. Fantastic illustrated books - I read them all as a kid! They age well, in fact I like some of the tales better now.

Anne brought me fresh lingonberry, picked somewhere in a Finnish forest. She said that will cure my coated tongue - I believe it! And Matilda, three years old, brought a little blue alien just for me. I am touched. Thank you!